String Help

[xTekBlue]

Is there a way to change a string to a plain variable. Example
Change "NOTIFY_CLEANUP" to NOTIFY_CLEANUP
I need this because i am making a ULX command that has a table of different notification Enums and i would like for it to allow you to select a type and use it.

local notifytypes = {"NOTIFY_GENERIC", "NOTIFY_ERROR", "NOTIFY_UNDO", "NOTIFY_HINT", "NOTIFY_CLEANUP"}

function ulx.notifyp( calling_ply, target_plys, minutes, typeof, message )

local seconds = minutes*60

for k,v in pairs( target_plys ) do
v:SendLua("GAMEMODE:AddNotify(\"" .. tostring(message) .. "\", NOTIFY_ERROR, " .. tostring(seconds) .. ")")
v:EmitSound( "buttons/button15.wav" )
end
end
local notifyp = ulx.command( CATEGORY_NAME, "ulx notifyp", ulx.notifyp, "!notifyp", true )
notifyp:addParam{ type=ULib.cmds.PlayersArg }
notifyp:addParam{ type=ULib.cmds.NumArg, min=1, max=10, default=5, hint="minutes", ULib.cmds.optional, ULib.cmds.round }
notifyp:addParam{ type=ULib.cmds.StringArg, completes=notifytypes, hint="Type of Alert", error="invalid type \"%s\" specified", ULib.cmds.restrictToCompletes, default="user", ULib.cmds.optional }
notifyp:addParam{ type=ULib.cmds.StringArg, hint="message", ULib.cmds.takeRestOfLine }
notifyp:defaultAccess( ULib.ACCESS_SUPERADMIN )
notifyp:help( "Send a notification message to target." )

this is my ulx command if anyone wants to fix it to the actual command itself :P

[c👌de_g🎷]

You could just map the types in the table. Ex.
local notifytypes = {NOTIFY_GENERIC = NOTIFY_GENERIC, NOTIFY_ERROR = NOTIFY_ERROR, etc}

[xTekBlue]

I changed my code up a bit because i would like it to look clean with my hud. This is what i have set up. Do you know why i am getting that "notify is set to nil" errors in console?

local notifytypes = {"Blue", "Red", "Green", "Light Blue", "Orange"}

function ulx.notifyp( calling_ply, target_plys, minutes, notifytypestho, message ).

local seconds = minutes*60
for k,v in pairs(notifytypes) do
if v == "Blue" then 
local notify = NOTIFY_GENERIC;
elseif v == "Red" then 
local notify = NOTIFY_ERROR;
elseif v == "Green" then 
local notify = NOTIFY_UNDO;
elseif v == "Light Blue" then 
local notify = NOTIFY_HINT;
elseif v == "Orange" then 
local notify = NOTIFY_CLEANUP;
end
end
for k,v in pairs( target_plys ) do
v:SendLua("GAMEMODE:AddNotify(\"" .. tostring(message) .. "\"," .. notify .. ", " .. tostring(seconds).. ")")
v:EmitSound( "buttons/button15.wav" )
end
end

[c👌de_g🎷]

You are defining notify as a local variable inside the if-statement - it will not be available outside of that scope. Really, there's no need to do the loop or if-statements, just do this:

local notifytypes = {
["blue"] = NOTIFY_GENERIC,
["red"] = NOTIFY_ERROR,
["green"] = NOTIFY_UNDO,
["light blue"] = NOTIFY_HINT,
["orange"] = NOTIFY_CLEANUP
}

function ulx.notifyp( calling_ply, target_plys, minutes, notifytype, message )
local notify = notifytypes[notifytype] or NOTIFY_GENERIC

-- Code
end

You will have to change notifytype to be a string, however.

[xTekBlue]

Okay, seems to work but how do i set the ulx to understand that as a specific type. example
notifyp:addParam{ type=ULib.cmds.StringArg, completes=notifytypes, hint="Type of Alert", error="invalid type \"%s\" specified", ULib.cmds.restrictToCompletes, default="Red", ULib.cmds.optional }

This is the Param for the notifytype but it says, every notifytype is invalid and in the ulx menu it does not even list them.

[xTekBlue]

Who ever would like to use this command, go to this pastebin, this command should do a notification on the player(s) that u select as well as you can pick the type. change the colors to what your hud looks like with the notification(s)